Why would anyone need to install Matomo 4 on FreeBSD? Because you’re the admin of a website, or a few of them, and you want/need to count the visitors, how long do the stay looking at the content and some other fancy stuff. This is what Matomo does. But it also does this without you […]
How to install Matomo 4 on FreeBSD
Abandon Linux. Rolling back the entire OS is possible.
When I was writing an article on updating FreeBSD from the 11.2 version to the new major release number 12, I was trying to add something extra for those who may read some of the information I publish. FreeBSD as a UNIX operating system has similar functionality to the old school UNIX ones such as […]
How to set the locale in FreeBSD
The locale is the character set that will be used. And it is very important to match the keyboard you are using. Mind this also matters if you are transferring data to other systems. Different standards as the ASCII, UTF’s and the ISO’s, to name a few, have been put in place through the years […]
A brief introduction to SSL/TLS certificates
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and it an old implementation of a crytographic protocol. TLS, or Transport Layer Security, is a new one. They are both used to have privacy in the communications between different parties. They are used to secure email, web browsing, instant messaging, etc These protocols work in a complex way […]
How to install Nessus 10 on FreeBSD 12
Nessus is a professional vulnerability scanner from the reputable cybersecurity company Tenable. I have already written about it in the past but installing it on a GNU/Linux distro. This very article will guide anyone to install Nessus 10 on FreeBSD, since Tenable is releasing binaries for FreeBSD 11 and 12 as of the time of […]
Live monitoring with Netdata
Netdata is a real time monitoring software that allows administrators, developers and architects have a visual representation of a system’s performance live. In short, porn for system’s tuners and other masochists but also a great tool to check system’s behaviour under load giving all members of a team to look at their part while the […]
How to install RKHunter on FreeBSD
In this post you will find simple instructions to install rkhunter on FreeBSD which is a root kit “hunter” so your system/s will have some security in place for that kind of unwanted software. But for those who do not know what a rootkit is, let’s give it a simple definition (which you can get […]
What is GNU/Linux?
To answer this question one must split it. Plus make other questions like: «What is a, so called, Linux distro?». It seems complex and it is in a way. But let´s explain GNU/Linux in simple terms. GNU stands for GNU is Not UNIX. So it´s clear is not UNIX but it´s related to it in […]
Abandon Linux. How to export and import FreeBSD Jails ‘a la Docker’
FreeBSD Jails is an awesome tool similar to Docker but much older which allows administrators and developers alike to have several securely contained userland environments sharing one kernel. Does it sound familiar? This is operating-system-level virtualization and it’s different than what you find on KVM or Xen camps. For more detailed information I’ve published some […]
How to mitigate Spectre and Meltdown on an HP Proliant server with Ubuntu
As recently announced in a previous article I wanted to write a couple of guides on how to mitigate Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities in GNU/Linux and UNIX environments. It is always a good and I hope a standard practice to have your systems patched and if they aren’t for whatever the reason (that legacy thing […]